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| 27 | 2448 | Some confusion, too, View more quotes about might">might have ensued during the utilization of the slave, though some of the men, before or after, must have returned to their watch. |
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| 27 | 2445 | The rain now had ceased, and two of the three moons were visible. |
| 27 | 2446 | There were breaks in the dark clouds. |
| 27 | 2447 | The watches had been disrupted with the righting of the wagon and the quelling of what might have otherwise proved a melee, one perhaps antecedent to the scattering and escape of prisoners. |
| 27 | 2448 | Some confusion, too, might have ensued during the utilization of the slave, though some of the men, before or after, must have returned to their watch. |
| 27 | 2449 | Ellen realized that the officer had, in effect, not only foiled a possible escape of prisoners, but had, by his quickness of thought, and his utilization of her, an at-hand slave, narrowly avoided a possible insurrection among his own uneasy troops. |
| 27 | 2450 | Ellen realized, lying in the mud and grass, that a slave in camp, who may not be assigned, or used, may exert a strain on discipline, particularly among strong, virile men. |
| 27 | 2451 | She knew that on many ships it was regarded as dangerous to carry a free woman, for such may tantalize by their very existence, exciting speculation as to the possible treasures concealed by her bulky garmenture, but not regarded as dangerous to carry a scantily clad ship slave, who, on board, serves many of the same purposes as a similarly garmented camp slave on long marches. |